- NAME
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- gcloud beta container clusters - deploy and teardown Google Kubernetes Engine clusters
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta container clustersCOMMAND[--location=LOCATION|--region=REGION|--zone=ZONE,-zZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)The gcloud container clusters command group lets you deploy and teardown Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.See $ gcloud docker --help for information about deploying docker images to clusters.
- FLAGS
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--location=LOCATION - Compute zone or region (e.g. us-central1-a or us-central1) for the cluster. Overrides the default compute/region or compute/zone value for this command invocation. Prefer using this flag over the --region or --zone flags.
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--region=REGION - Compute region (e.g. us-central1) for a regional cluster. Overrides the default compute/region property value for this command invocation.
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--zone=ZONE,-zZONE - Compute zone (e.g. us-central1-a) for a zonal cluster. Overrides the default compute/zone property value for this command invocation.
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- At most one of these can be specified:
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--help.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - COMMANDS
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is one of the following:COMMAND-
check-autopilot-compatibility -
(BETA)Check autopilot compatibility of a running cluster. -
complete-control-plane-upgrade -
(BETA)Complete the control plane upgrade for an existing cluster. -
create -
(BETA)Create a cluster for running containers. -
create-auto -
(BETA)Create an Autopilot cluster for running containers. -
delete -
(BETA)Delete an existing cluster for running containers. -
describe -
(BETA)Describe an existing cluster for running containers. -
get-credentials -
(BETA)Fetch credentials for a running cluster. -
get-upgrade-info -
(BETA)Get information about upgrades for existing clusters including auto upgrade status, upgrade history, upgrade targets, and end of support timelines. -
list -
(BETA)List existing clusters for running containers. -
resize -
(BETA)Resizes an existing cluster for running containers. -
update -
(BETA)Update cluster settings for an existing container cluster. -
upgrade -
(BETA)Upgrade the Kubernetes version of an existing container cluster.
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- NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud container clustersgcloud alpha container clusters
gcloud beta container clusters
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

